Infusion Bible eStudies are downloadable small group studies that can be read online, printed, or emailed. Each study includes a leader guide and a study guide and is suitable for a one-hour group Bible study.

Listen...to the words of the Scripture, and in them discover God's message for you today.

Look...at a brief verbal snapshot from the scrapbook of contemporary life and discover its connection both to you and to the Scripture passage.

Live...inside the Scripture to discover its context and message; then allow the Scripture to come alive in you and cause you to live out your faith in new and more-effective ways.

Read an excerpt from this study below.

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An excellent British television offering is the Inspector Morse series, broadcast on PBS’s Mystery! Chief Inspector Morse is a skilled homicide detective, assisted by a younger officer, Sergeant Lewis. Though a brilliant man, Morse is often cranky and insensitive and is scornful of those whose level of comprehension is not as high as his own. Except for Lewis, no one can tolerate working with Inspector Morse. Lewis’ personality is such that he can absorb the older man’s verbal jabs, think insightfully on his own, and cooperate with the inspector in such a way that the murders are usually solved through the combined work of both men. Certain incidents let viewers know that underneath Morse’s condescension and Lewis’ exasperation, each values and cares about the other.

The tone with which the apostle Paul wrote to Timothy suggests that their relationship was similar to the Morse-Lewis partnership. Paul addressed Timothy as though the younger man could not direct the church in Ephesus without Paul’s help. It likely seemed condescending to Timothy when Paul advised, “Let no one despise your youth” (1 Timothy 4:12). Timothy was in his thirties and had worked with Paul nearly fifteen years! Timothy, however, was mature enough to let his senior colleague have his say, even if Timothy had already arrived at the same conclusions. Thus when Paul urged Timothy to set an example and to present sound Christian teaching, Paul was “preaching to the choir.” Nonetheless, Timothy thought enough of his mentor to make the letter available to the church; for in terms of Christian faith and practice, Paul was right on target.